Entering South Korea
What South Korea asks of each nationality on arrival.
Visa exemptions
A visa or residence permit from one of these countries changes what South Korea asks of you, whatever your passport says.
- Australia visa holders30 daysVisa free
- Canada visa holders30 daysVisa free
- New Zealand visa holders30 daysVisa free
- United States visa holders30 daysVisa free
Entry rules by nationality
Visa free145 nationalities
- 脜land Islands路 3 months
- Albania路 30 days
- American Samoa路 3 months
- Andorra路 30 days
- Anguilla路 3 months
- Antigua and Barbuda路 3 months
- Argentina路 30 days
- Aruba路 3 months
- Australia路 3 months
- Austria路 3 months
- Bahamas路 3 months
- Bahrain路 30 days
- Barbados路 3 months
- Belgium路 3 months
- Bermuda路 3 months
- Bosnia and Herzegovina路 30 days
- Botswana路 3 months
- Brazil路 3 months
- British Indian Ocean Territory路 3 months
- British Virgin Islands路 3 months
- Brunei路 30 days
- Bulgaria路 3 months
- Canada路 6 months
- Cayman Islands路 3 months
- Chile路 3 months
- Colombia路 3 months
- Cook Islands路 3 months
- Costa Rica路 3 months
- Croatia路 3 months
- Cura莽ao路 3 months
- Cyprus路 30 days
- Czechia路 3 months
- Denmark路 3 months
- Dominica路 3 months
- Dominican Republic路 3 months
- Ecuador路 3 months
- El Salvador路 3 months
- Estonia路 3 months
- Eswatini路 30 days
- Falkland Islands路 3 months
- Faroe Islands路 3 months
- Fiji路 30 days
- Finland路 3 months
- France路 3 months
- French Polynesia路 3 months
- Gabon路 3 months
- Gibraltar路 3 months
- Greece路 3 months
- Greenland路 3 months
- Grenada路 3 months
- Guam路 3 months
- Guatemala路 3 months
- Guernsey路 3 months
- Guyana路 30 days
- Haiti路 3 months
- Honduras路 3 months
- Hong Kong路 3 months
- Hungary路 3 months
- Iceland路 3 months
- Ireland路 3 months
- Isle of Man路 3 months
- Israel路 3 months
- Italy路 3 months
- Jamaica路 3 months
- Japan路 3 months
- Jersey路 3 months
- Kazakhstan路 30 days
- Kiribati路 30 days
- Kuwait路 30 days
- Latvia路 3 months
- Lesotho路 2 months
- Liechtenstein路 3 months
- Lithuania路 3 months
- Luxembourg路 3 months
- Macau路 3 months
- Malaysia路 3 months
- Malta路 3 months
- Marshall Islands路 30 days
- Mauritius路 30 days
- Mexico路 3 months
- Micronesia路 30 days
- Monaco路 30 days
- Montenegro路 30 days
- Montserrat路 3 months
- Morocco路 3 months
- Nauru路 30 days
- Netherlands路 3 months
- New Caledonia路 3 months
- New Zealand路 3 months
- Nicaragua路 3 months
- Niue路 3 months
- Norfolk Island路 3 months
- Northern Mariana Islands路 3 months
- Norway路 3 months
- Oman路 30 days
- Palau路 30 days
- Panama路 3 months
- Paraguay路 30 days
- Peru路 3 months
- Pitcairn Islands路 3 months
- Poland路 3 months
- Portugal路 3 months
- Puerto Rico路 3 months
- Qatar路 30 days
- Romania路 3 months
- Russia路 2 months
- Saint Barth茅lemy路 3 months
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha路 3 months
- Saint Kitts and Nevis路 3 months
- Saint Lucia路 3 months
- Saint Martin路 3 months
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon路 3 months
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines路 3 months
- Samoa路 30 days
- San Marino路 30 days
- Saudi Arabia路 30 days
- Serbia路 3 months
- Seychelles路 30 days
- Singapore路 3 months
- Sint Maarten路 3 months
- Slovakia路 3 months
- Slovenia路 3 months
- Solomon Islands路 30 days
- South Africa路 30 days
- Spain路 3 months
- Suriname路 30 days
- Sweden路 3 months
- Switzerland路 3 months
- Taiwan路 3 months
- Thailand路 3 months
- Tonga路 30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago路 3 months
- Tunisia路 30 days
- T眉rkiye路 3 months
- Turks and Caicos Islands路 3 months
- Tuvalu路 30 days
- United Arab Emirates路 30 days
- United Kingdom路 3 months
- United States路 3 months
- United States Virgin Islands路 3 months
- Uruguay路 3 months
- Vatican City路 30 days
- Venezuela路 3 months
- Wallis and Futuna路 3 months
- Western Sahara路 3 months
Visa required88 nationalities
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- S茫o Tom茅 and Pr铆ncipe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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